Anand crushes KramnikStaff ReporterNEW DELHI, January 31, 2010 World champion and five-time winner Viswanathan Anand finished fourth in the 72nd Corus chess tournament after playing out […]

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Corus final round results

Photo by Fred Lucas for the official Corus website Group A L. van Wely – V. Anand ½-½ N. Short – J. Smeets ½-½ H. Nakamura […]

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It doesn’t compute

Doesn’t computeBy ANDY SOLTISLast Updated: 8:26 AM, January 31, 2010Posted: 12:51 AM, January 31, 2010 It’s been four years since a top grandmaster dared cross pawns […]

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Carlsen wins Corus by a hair

Shortly before the end of this game, there were moments when many thought that Carlsen has thrown away the Corus title. Kramnik drew early so he […]

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Inexplicable!

Kramnik drew early. Magnus has a very difficult position against Caruana. And Shirov has a COMPLETELY winning position against Dominguez. But….they agreed to a draw. Shirov […]

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Kramnik 1/2 Karjakin

Final position Kramnik,V (2788) – Karjakin,S (2720) [E15]Corus A (13), 31.01.2010 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.0–0 […]

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Big money and excellent conditions

Eighth Gibtelecom Chess Festival 2010Tues 26 Jan – Thurs 4 Feb 2010PRESS RELEASE (CHESS) 30 January 2010ADAMS AND GUSTAFSSON TAKE THE LEAD The leadership was whittled […]

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Game analysis by John Saunders

Eighth Gibtelecom Chess Festival 2010Tues 26 Jan – Thurs 4 Feb 2010PRESS RELEASE (CHESS) 29 January 2010TRAFFIC JAM IN GIBRALTAR – AND BORIS STEALS THE SHOW […]

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K & P endgame improvement

White to move. Is this a win or draw for White?2k5/1p6/pPp1K3/2P5/1P6/8/8/8 w – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar

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